A new service that loosely resembles personal transportation giant Uber is taking aim at the home health care market. Raleigh, North Carolina-based health IT company Paired Health, Inc. was selected for a pilot project with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina to develop a care transition model […]
Kindred Healthcare (NYSE:KND) will close two Houston-area hospitals, the company announced June 9. The health care provider says it will consolidate care being provided at Kindred Hospital East Houston and Kindred Hospital North Houston into nearby Kindred hospitals. The consolidation will eliminate 246 jobs, Houston Chronicle reports, adding that the two-week elimination process will begin July […]
The nation’s largest drugstore chain and a national Catholic health system recently joined forces to create better access to medication for patients after they are discharged from the hospital. Walgreens and Lourdes Health System, owned by CHE Trinity Health, say a new partnership will offer bedside mediation delivery, the Walgreens Transitions Program (WTP) and an […]
Recently published findings from an audit of Medicaid and Medicare hospice providers found that 90% of those randomly sampled did not meet state hospice licensure requirements related to hospice workers. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General conducted an audit to determine whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) reliance […]
Sylvia Burwell will serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after a bipartisan majority of Senators voted 78-17 Thursday in favor of President Obama’s nomination, the White House announced. Burwell replaces Kathleen Sebelius as the second Cabinet official to oversee the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. Sebelius resigned […]
Americans receiving home health care (HHC) have an increased risk for infection, a recent study from Columbia University School of Nursing found. “The prevalence of infections and patient risk factors in home health care: A systematic review,” published in American Journal of Infection Control last month, found that unsterile living conditions and untrained caregivers contribute to […]
A new rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that would allow providers electronic health record (EHR) certification flexibility has been published in the Federal Register. Eligible heath care entities would be able to use the 2011 edition of certified EHR technology (CEHRT) for Stage 1 or Stage 2 in 2014. The Centers for Medicare […]
A dozen prospective states and projects have been named to receive a combined amount of $840 million under new programs intended to improve the healthcare system. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made up to $730 million available as part of the State Innovation Model initiative to help states design and test improvements […]
Democrats often accuse Republicans of waging a war against women, but now critics of the Obama Administration say cuts to the Medicare program are negatively impacting home health care jobs – an industry dominated by women. Job losses in the home health sector are piling up, reports Fox News in a recent article. Home health […]
A new bill would expand the health care landscape for veterans. Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) introduced the “Care for Our Heroes Act” last week in the House of Representatives, which would mandate that all veterans are eligible for U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs’ hospice care when they need it. Currently, veterans who have not enrolled […]
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